A Woman, a Roshi, and a Mansion by the Sea
Long before the ‘60s counterculture, Ida Russell’s House of Silent Light offered Zen meditation, vegetarianism, and Theosophical mysticism on the edge of San Francisco.
Susan Moon
Susan Moon is a writer and a lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. Her books include The Hidden Lamp; What Is Zen? Plain Talk for a Beginner’s Mind, with Norman Fischer; and, most recently, Alive Until You’re Dead: Notes on the Home Stretch. She lives in Berkeley, CA.
The Way of the Rails
Life as a train ride across the country
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Voices of Courage and Insight
The lives of Buddhist women who broke convention and shaped the dharma
How Death Gives Meaning to Our Lives
In her new book, Alive Until You’re Dead, Susan Moon helps us confront our fears around death and shows us why we should be grateful for our own mortality.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Don’t Fear the Reaper
Life is uncertain. Love is not.
Seeing God in What Is
Zen priest Norman Fischer explains how his concept of the Jewish God informs his Buddhist practice.
The Old Woman of Pagazzano
Ancient Zen koans come to life in 21st-century Italy.
The Hidden Lamp
The illuminating wisdom of awakened women
A Tale for the Time Being
The Eternal Now
Dharma Talks
Learning to Be Buddha: Examining Our Actions of Body, Speech, and Mind
Nobody’s perfect, and it’s never more obvious to us than when we take a vow and find ourselves falling short. Throughout this series, Soto Zen teacher Susan Moon will look at our vows to practice the…
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